Improvement in water-elevators



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY M. SWEET, OF EAST HADDAM, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-ELEVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,826, dated November 10, 1874; application led October 3, 1874.

, taken on the line y y.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts. A is the curb; B, the Windlassshaft; C, the

Windlass-Wheel. D is an internal gear- Wheel,

which is fast on the shaft B.l E is the driving-pinion, which is made to engage with the internal gear-Wheel l). F is the brake-lever, whose fulcrum is at G. This leverlis operated by the eccentric lever H. I is the eccentric, which is fastened to the side of the curb by the pivot J. The other end of the brake-lever is made to bear against the periphery of the internal gear-WheelI) by drawing the lever to an upright position. The surface K, which bears upon the Wheel, is faced with leather, or similar material, which may be renewed as occasion may require. L is the drivingshaft, to which the driving-crank m is attached. This shaft passes through a box-Harige, N, which is attached to the brakelever. This box-flange is made to slide in the slot O of the curb suiiiciently to throw the pinion E out of gear With the Wheel D. The pinion is thrown out of gear, at the same time that the brake is applied, by manipulating the lever H. By means of the lever H the bucket may be stopped, When full of water, at any desired point. The Windlass-Wheel may be made in any form, and the bucket may be suspended by a iiat metallic chain or rope, as may be desired, the Windlass-Wheel- HENRY M. SWEET. Witnesses:

T. B. Mesi-IER,

ALEX. F. RoBEETs. 

